Air Canada to buy up to 75 Bombardier CS300 aircraft

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Staff The Canadian Press

WATCH ABOVE: Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, said Wednesday that the government did not play a role in Air Canada committing to purchase up to 75 Bombardier CSeries aircraft, amid 7,000 layoffs at the aerospace giant.

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MONTREAL – Air Canada has signed a letter of intent to purchase 45 of Bombardier’s CS300 aircraft with options for an additional 30 planes.

Based on the list price of the CS300, Bombardier says a firm order would be worth about $3.8 billion.

Once a firm purchase agreement is in place, Bombardier says Air Canada will become the first mainline, international North America-based carrier for the C Series family of aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2019.